CVE-2026-92768

Cockpit-machines: cockpit-machines: sensitive data exposure via command-line arguments

Products / packages Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Published 18/09/2026, 17:53:54 UTC

Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 14/11/2026, 22:20:30 UTC

redhat · CVSS:3.1 · 5.5

Assessment vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity

medium5.5

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Exploit reference published

Source-linked evidence; not proof of attacks in the wild or independent validation.

Remediation

Source guidance available

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What this means

Cockpit-machines exposes sensitive Virtual Machine credentials to local attackers via command-line arguments. Affected versions are not specified, but local access is required. The vulnerability leads to information disclosure, potentially compromising VM access.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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unaffected

0:348.1-1.el10_2 → before *

rpm versions

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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unaffected

0:355.1-1.el10_3 → before *

rpm versions

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.3

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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unaffected

0:348.1-1.el9_8 → before *

rpm versions

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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unaffected

0:355.1-1.el9_9 → before *

rpm versions

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream

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What to do

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Restrict visibility of process command-line arguments to other local users by mounting /proc with the hidepid=2 option, for example by remounting /proc with 'mount -o remount,hidepid=2 /proc' or configuring 'proc /proc proc defaults,hidepid=2 0 0' in /etc/fstab. This prevents unprivileged local users from reading other users' process arguments. Additionally, on shared hosts where other local users can inspect process arguments, avoid supplying root or user passwords through the Cockpit Machines VM create and install flows, and prefer provisioning methods that do not pass passwords on the command line. Updated cockpit-machines packages that stop passing password material on the command line are being delivered for affected streams; installing the updated package once it is available for your stream resolves this issue.

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Public exploit evidence

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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi ↗Attributed to CISA-ADP

Original source description

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A flaw was found in cockpit-machines. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to expose sensitive Virtual Machine (VM) credentials, including plaintext passwords, by inspecting process command-line arguments during VM creation or installation. The cockpit-machines component passes password values directly on the command line, making them visible to other local users on systems where process arguments are not restricted. Successful exploitation leads to information disclosure, potentially compromising VM access.

References

6 sources

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:86970

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:86971

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98459

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98562

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-92768

Security advisoryredhat

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi

Public exploit referenceredhat · CISA-ADP

Inside the record

Evidence available

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Version evidence

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Weakness classification

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Original records

CVE-2026-92768

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-214 ↗

Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information

redhat

Contributing organizations · 2

redhat

Assigning organization

2026-11-11

CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-09-22

Timeline

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18 Sept 2026, 17:53
Advisory published
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11 Nov 2026, 19:08
Source updated
Latest modification date supplied by the source.
11 Nov 2026, 20:38
Last imported by cve.new
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What changed

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CVE · CVE-2026-927682026-11-11

Observed 2026-11-11T20:38:04.551Z · upstream updated 2026-11-11T19:08:48.999Z

Product or version evidence changed

before

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after

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References changed

before

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  "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469258"
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after

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  "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98562",
  "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-92768",
  "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469258"
]

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Reading the signals

Severity · CVSS: Technical impact and attack conditions. The headline is the highest imported catalog score; sources may disagree.
Observed exploitation · KEV: An absent or unavailable KEV listing does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
Predicted exploitation · EPSS: 0.17% estimated probability in the next 30 days. 2026-11-10 · FIRST EPSS.

CISA-ADP · SSVC

CISA Coordinator · 2026-09-22

Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial

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